What? According to the collective, they ‘are messengers from Inner Space. They travel the globe seeking those who are ready to rediscover the Golden Ratio’.

From where? The cosmic realm of South London.

What’s the story?

It’s jazz but not as we know it. United Vibrations deal loosely in energised punk-afro-jazz, taking musical pointers from a vivid aural palette including Fela Kuti, John Coltrane and Weather Report all the way through to 4 Hero and Talking Heads.

Since they emerged out of the mist of the early 2010s, they’ve become a potent musical force, winning fans in the likes of Theo Parris and Giles Peterson as well as Jamie Cullum and Tony Allen. They describe their sound as ‘12tone’, an expansion of 2tone music mixing up ska and punk, plus a healthy dollop of myriad sonic flavours.

Their latest record, The Myth of the Golden Ratio, is arguably their best yet, propelling them around the world and seeing the collective take their energetic live show to various festivals and stages including Dimensons, Outlook and the World Music Expo in Spain.

Sounds like? If you’re fans of the new wave of UK jazz such as The Comet is Coming or Yussuf Kamal, or musical masters such as John Coltrane and Fela Kuti, then you’ll feel these vibrations in your ears…